EMT Vocab #3

Question 1

Ischium

Answer 1

bottom of pelvis

Question 2

Epidural Bleed

Answer 2

bleed between skull and dura matter

Question 3

Clavicle

Answer 3

most frequently broken bone

Question 4

Femur

Answer 4

largest bone in the body

Question 5

Scapula

Answer 5

most infrequently broken bone

Question 6

Subdural Bleed

Answer 6

bleed between dura and arachnoid matter

Question 7

TBI

Answer 7

traumatic brain injury

Question 8

Mastoid

Answer 8

bone behind ear

Question 9

Achilles Tendon

Answer 9

largest tendon

Question 10

Tragus

Answer 10

cartilaginous projection

Question 11

Foreman Magnum

Answer 11

hole in the floor of cranium vault

Question 12

Battle Signs

Answer 12

2 bruised eyes; 2 bruised mastoids

Question 13

Linear Fracture

Answer 13

80% of skull fractures

Question 14

Ligaments

Answer 14

link bone to bone

Question 15

Tendon

Answer 15

ties muscle to bone

Question 16

Iliac Crest

Answer 16

top of pelvis

Question 17

Ileum

Answer 17

flat bone of pelvis

Question 18

T4 Injury

Answer 18

paralysis from nipple down

Question 19

L2-L3

Answer 19

spinal cord ends

Question 20

T10 Injury

Answer 20

paralysis from umbilcus

Question 21

SOB

Answer 21

asthma

Question 22

DVT; Deep Vein Thrombosis

Answer 22

Pain; swelling of the calves

Question 23

Leukemia

Answer 23

bleeding gums

Question 24

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Answer 24

persistent headache

Question 25

Silent MI

Answer 25

persistent nausea

Question 26

Gallstones

Answer 26

sharp pain upon breathing, under breasts

Question 27

Diabetes

Answer 27

sudden blurred, shaded, & double vision

Question 28

DCAP-BTLS

Answer 28

Deformities
Contusions
Abrasions
Penetrations/Punctures

Burns/Bleeding
Tenderness
Lacerations
Swelling

Question 29

ABCDEFG

Answer 29

Airway
Breathing 
Circulation
Deformities 
Events
Fahrenheit (temperature)
Glucose